All Chapters of Althea: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

"Heaven and hell never meet Angel" "What am I gonna do with you Angel""Don't come here again"I woke up with a start gasping for breath. Those words repeating over and over in my head.'I need to help the priest' with that thought in mind I got up from the bed and move towards the door.When I am halfway across the room I stop, and for the first time after I woke up, I look at my surroundings properly.A large bed fit for a king sat in the center of the room with silver and black colored drapes.On my right are two doors. Upon inspection one is a bathroom and the other is a closet.'Darius'I clutch my head in confusion. Priest, that guy who vaguely looked like Darius and me, everything is a dream.This penthouse belongs to Darius. But that felt real. So real.My dream was so clear, that for a moment I felt like I was transported there. I felt like I am the girl with that guy. Feelings,

We traveled for half an hour or more into the heart of the city. We reached an area where the houses are scarce.As we go further down the road, there are two big black gates guarded by four guards.As we go through the gate, I start to feel that something is wrong. If what these people said is true, then Darius should be here. I know him, he won't let me come here without him.If that's the case then I should be able to feel him by now. I can't feel his presence here. I concentrate and search for his presence, no I can feel nothing. Did he leave the place before we can come here? But I cannot even feel his essence. That can mean only one thing. They must be lying about the point where they told Darius to send for us. Oh my god, these lying bloodsuckers.If I ask them now, they might restraint us or do even worst. We have to act smart and I need to let Darius know where we are. Then it will only be a matter of minutes, he'll be here.&n

Darius and my father dropped me, Li, and Max in the Mansion, and they left for some meetings.I know what Darius is doing. He is good at reading my mind. He is giving me time to digest everything that is happening lately.I don't know how to navigate through my feelings. I want to live in the present, for now. I look at my friends and try to smile at something Max was saying.We were laughing at something Max said. Suddenly he stops walking, we keep going forward laughing and joking before we even realized that he is not coming with us. We stop and turn back, and notice that he is looking at something behind us or in this situation ahead of him.His face is pale and his shoulders are tense."Hey Max, what happened" Li calls from a few feet away from him."Nothing, you and Thea go to her room. I will come in a few minutes" he tells Li.He is still not looking at us. "What happened to him?" I ask Li.His behavior

I am running with all my might. But it's not enough. Whoever they are or whatever they are, gaining distance over me.No matter how fast and for how long I ran, my car seems to be too far from my reach. It feels like the more I ran the more it's moving away from me.My surroundings are pitch black, not a ray of moonlight from anywhere. I come across a tree whose bark is marked with some different patterns. I think I saw that tree earlier. That's when I realize that I am running in circles. Those things are now close enough for me to look at them properly.I never thought it would be possible for me to be scared more than I already am. But the moment I saw them properly, my stomach rolled and all its contents came out with so much force, that I fell on the forest floor on all fours.They are dead bodies buried under the ground for god knows how long. Someone removed their half-decayed bodies from the ground. Some of these things have only half of t

Darius rushes towards me and pulls me into his embrace. I sob clutching his shirt with my fist, my whole body shaking with the intensity.I cry for the loss of the mother I don't remember, I cry for the father who is present at the same time not present. I cry with relief knowing deep down somewhere in my heart that he will come for me. I cry because my mind is a whirlwind of confusion. I don't know if I should believe what my mother said or should let it go thinking that it might be my imagination.But the things that followed me for a few minutes are real. I don't know what they are and why they were following me.That scary voice I heard is real. The shape of the person in front of me is real. My bruised feet are real or is it this forest playing tricks on me?First, it gave the illusion that those things are running as fast as I am. Then when I saw them close by, they were barely walking.Can it be the case where I imagined them? I just